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mitt romney has made big bird the it costume. in the second debate romney made big bird the symbol of government spending. sales of costumes rose 600%. within days of the comment, they were out of stock. >> they were out. >> even big bird gone political. >>> what was once a blight along baltimore harbor has been restored. >> it's a very special celebration. >> reporter: it's a delicate job, rebuilding hope. it's along the patapsco river between brook will be and fairfield. for more than a century it was a mess. >> this was a dumping ground and it dated back to the great baltimore fire of 1904. >> reporter: it was a burial ground for the broken and abandoned, one of the the most contaminated sites, now being transformed in the nature area. >> the nature hear is home to clearer soil, native trees and shrubs and wetland plants. >> reporter: more than 60,000 tons of trash and debris were removed. today fourth graders from friendship academy in cherry hill stormed the beach to do their part. >> i get to plant plants. i never planted p
mitt romney has made big bird the it costume. in the second debate romney made big bird the symbol of government spending. sales of costumes rose 600%. within days of the comment, they were out of stock. >> they were out. >> even big bird gone political. >>> what was once a blight along baltimore harbor has been restored. >> it's a very special celebration. >> reporter: it's a delicate job, rebuilding hope. it's along the patapsco river between brook will be and...
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[video clip] >> which you believe, what mitt romney tv ads say about women or what mitt romney himself says? >> doh i believe the supreme court to overturn roe hafez al- assad wade? yes. it would be my preference that their reversal of the way it can and hopefully reversed it? planned parenthood, we are going to get rid of that. cut off funding to planned parenthood. >> no matter what mitt romney does say, we know what he will do. >> i am barack obama and i approve this message. host: how much our ads like that one resonating in iowa? guest: that's a really big deal in iowa. barack obama, if you look at the polling data, he has built a pretty significant lead among women voters. these are issues women care a lot about. barack obama is directly addressing them, directly saying, if you want your rights as a woman to plan your own life, your rights as a woman, to table to assert yourself, you better vote for me, because mitt romney will rein in those rights. that issue resonates very strongly around iowa. women voters can make a difference in this election. if you look at polling, the vot
[video clip] >> which you believe, what mitt romney tv ads say about women or what mitt romney himself says? >> doh i believe the supreme court to overturn roe hafez al- assad wade? yes. it would be my preference that their reversal of the way it can and hopefully reversed it? planned parenthood, we are going to get rid of that. cut off funding to planned parenthood. >> no matter what mitt romney does say, we know what he will do. >> i am barack obama and i approve this...
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>> i see romney winning the election. i see him generally ahead in the polls and i see him, i see president obama at fren percent. that is not because people don't know him. you have 53 percent last time. 100 percent of the people know him and observed him closely for four years and you can't help but observe the president closely and only 47 percent are voting for him f. the election were held would he have the 270 vote majority nailed i think so but not sure. we have seen the situation where winninglet popular vote didn't win the electorial vote. but he's clearly within reach of 270 electoral votes. >> i have a lot confidence and you are usually right when everybody else is wrong. we'll fiped out how it turned out. >> we'll see if i am red-faced. >> i am sure you will not be. >> michael marone. new emaims who -- was sent the e-mails of the benghazi attacks. the smoking gun evidence that proved it was not a spontanous atact. go to my website and tell me what you think. sign up for my facebook page and follow me on twitte
>> i see romney winning the election. i see him generally ahead in the polls and i see him, i see president obama at fren percent. that is not because people don't know him. you have 53 percent last time. 100 percent of the people know him and observed him closely for four years and you can't help but observe the president closely and only 47 percent are voting for him f. the election were held would he have the 270 vote majority nailed i think so but not sure. we have seen the situation...
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red, those are safe for romney. light red leaning romney. but what will it take to win over the undecided voters, what do they want to know. "saturday night live" had this take. >> before you get our vote, you're going to have to answer some questions. questions like -- >> when is the election? >> what are the names of the two people running? and be specific. >> who's the president right now? is he or she running? >> in real life, undecided voters sound like this. >> i want there to be continued job growth. >> don't say republican, don't say democrat, just get it done. >> i have not heard anything other than this tough guy rhetoric, and numbers that don't add up. >> it's critical right now, to make the best decision. >> a lot of people need relief, and i'm not too sure the election is going to give it, no matter who gets elected. >> i hope he's wrong. we're taking you across the country this week. ali velshi is in orlando. he's on a battleground bus tour rolling from florida to ohio. and miguel marquez joins us from denver. he's been traveli
red, those are safe for romney. light red leaning romney. but what will it take to win over the undecided voters, what do they want to know. "saturday night live" had this take. >> before you get our vote, you're going to have to answer some questions. questions like -- >> when is the election? >> what are the names of the two people running? and be specific. >> who's the president right now? is he or she running? >> in real life, undecided voters sound...
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so if you're the romney campaign, something like that happens, romney just cut an ad for him the day before. so you worry about that. now, i talked to somebody, a senior advisor in the romney campaign after it happened and said does this make you nervous? he said, look, we tested -- tested this after todd akin and what we think people believe is just because somebody says a dumb thing they don't necessarily blame your candidate for it. but i'm not so sure there isn't osmosis at some point where you say well, it's a republican saying this and we've heard that a few times now. >> but what the obama campaign believes is any excuse to bring this up sways women toward them. i've talked to so many women voters where they do feel tugged in two different directions. maybe they do feel they are leaning toward romney because of the economy but if you get them thinking about adorgs and the social issues, then they lean back toward obama. so if they can just make these women voters have that issue at the top of their minds instead of the economy, that's what's going to sway them. gwen: here's an
so if you're the romney campaign, something like that happens, romney just cut an ad for him the day before. so you worry about that. now, i talked to somebody, a senior advisor in the romney campaign after it happened and said does this make you nervous? he said, look, we tested -- tested this after todd akin and what we think people believe is just because somebody says a dumb thing they don't necessarily blame your candidate for it. but i'm not so sure there isn't osmosis at some point where...
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romney disagrees with mr. mourdock's rape comments, but the romney campaign does not want this ad to be taken down and they do not rescind their endorsement, which means that it is not just richard mourdock anymore who has to worry about people being able to vote right now with those words about god and your rape ringing in your ears. the democratic party is making sure that that is not just a richard mourdock problem, the democratic party is doing their best to make it a mitt romney problem and a broadly a republican party problem. >> this fall, i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> this is a man who i want to see in washington, to make sure that we cannot just talk about changing things, but actually have the votes to get things changed. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> we've got to get this guy elected in the
romney disagrees with mr. mourdock's rape comments, but the romney campaign does not want this ad to be taken down and they do not rescind their endorsement, which means that it is not just richard mourdock anymore who has to worry about people being able to vote right now with those words about god and your rape ringing in your ears. the democratic party is making sure that that is not just a richard mourdock problem, the democratic party is doing their best to make it a mitt romney problem...
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romney would be president. obviously, it would not be a great thing for the country if you had to split between the general election and the electoral college. it happened before, but it could definitely happen. you could have a lot of really close states. i think it is very possible. tavis: covering this every day, why do you think this race is so close? you keep be -- we keep being told that the contrast could not be more stark between the two. why is the race is tight? >> this is an extremely polarized country. a whole group of people very far to the right and a whole group of people are democratic. i think you will have a race split by a couple of points. people are really angry. the tea party on the right and the people on the left have made this a very angry, intense election. we have been having a very divided elections for the past two or three cycles. i do not see that changing any time soon. the country is becoming more polarized. tavis: if president obama were to win in the tightest of tight races, w
romney would be president. obviously, it would not be a great thing for the country if you had to split between the general election and the electoral college. it happened before, but it could definitely happen. you could have a lot of really close states. i think it is very possible. tavis: covering this every day, why do you think this race is so close? you keep be -- we keep being told that the contrast could not be more stark between the two. why is the race is tight? >> this is an...
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when reached for a statement, romney's campaign of 2012 told us, governor romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions. as the first responders states are in the best position to aid affected individuals and communities and to direct resources and assist tons where they are needed most. this includes help from the federal government and fema. a romney campaign official also says, quote, of course he doesn't want to abolish fema. one week before election day and 800-mile wide hurricane is bearing down on 60 million people across a dozens states. the damage may be upwards of $18 billion and could produce life-threatening conditions. it's taken the lives of 65 people as it powered through the caribbean. the october surprise is here in a time of crisis voters must determine whether they want governor romney at the helm and if he there is what kind of relief will be on offer. the paradox of the mittens, obfuscation and adjusted policy continues. lawrence? >> excuse me. i'm doing a note to
when reached for a statement, romney's campaign of 2012 told us, governor romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions. as the first responders states are in the best position to aid affected individuals and communities and to direct resources and assist tons where they are needed most. this includes help from the federal government and fema. a romney campaign official also says, quote, of...
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oddly enough, governor romney had a margin they are with pakistan, they broke for romney. no, we cannot explain it and we won't even try. by the way, the bbc did not even tried try either. the american public is giving governor romney high favorability margins now since the presidential debate. in fact, the clear politics polling average, now shows governor romney with a net favorability of seven points. and that is strong. 43% favorable and the president has a net favorability of my points, 50 to 45. so it is a chilling the crowds and candidates -- the governor attracted the crowds last night. i'm standing by. i'm waiting to see if the feeder outside. here it comes to mind to it. i have to bring this to you live. that turned out to be quite something. the fact of the matter is, it is the biggest crowd yet of this campaign. president obama is still attracting crowds. i sat here and i looked and i realized what it says we have a 7% margin. forty-nine to 43%, that is actually 6%, 16,000 people showing up in denver, colorado, today for the president. he did pretty well, too.
oddly enough, governor romney had a margin they are with pakistan, they broke for romney. no, we cannot explain it and we won't even try. by the way, the bbc did not even tried try either. the american public is giving governor romney high favorability margins now since the presidential debate. in fact, the clear politics polling average, now shows governor romney with a net favorability of seven points. and that is strong. 43% favorable and the president has a net favorability of my points, 50...
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it's tagg romney, mitt romney's oldest son talking to president obama. you might remember a few days ago tagg romney after the second debate in which mr. obama went after his father said that sometimes he felt compelled to run down on stage and take a swing at the president. tagg romney, we're told by sources, apologized to the president last night, and the president accepted that apology. diane? >> all right, jake, thank you, as you said the one-liner of the night was his response about fewer horses and bayonets in the military now. viewers went crazy, as jake reported, writing online about horses and bayonets 60,000 times in 60 seconds. so we wondered exactly how many bayonets are still in military use today, and we're told the u.s. military still has more than 600,000 in its inventory just in case. >>> and we move on now to your money and a jolt to american 401(k)s. if you checked the markets, you saw the downward spiral today. the dow tumbling more than 240 points, the worst day since june. so what is going on? abc's sharyn alfonsi tells us. [ bell r
it's tagg romney, mitt romney's oldest son talking to president obama. you might remember a few days ago tagg romney after the second debate in which mr. obama went after his father said that sometimes he felt compelled to run down on stage and take a swing at the president. tagg romney, we're told by sources, apologized to the president last night, and the president accepted that apology. diane? >> all right, jake, thank you, as you said the one-liner of the night was his response about...
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governor romney's views. we disagree with the policies regarding exception for rape and incest but we support him. romney has endorsed him and campaigned alongside him back in august and indiana. >> putting women's rights in the forefront in this election. a lot of talks about abortion, contraception and health care funding. join us to discuss the impact of women voters susan, the president of the dc chapter of now. the national organization of women. and kristen hawkins. i want to give you a chance to respond to those comments and give us your thoughts on what he said. and then his clarification. >> sure, well i think talking about how rape is an act of war against a woman. and i think this is a very difficult issue to talk about in our 30 second sound bite culture. we cannot begin to talk about the devastation that rape causes on a woman. and her family. but i think we need to commend mr.murdock for his statements because if you heard what he said. he said that life is a gift from god. and i couldn't agree
governor romney's views. we disagree with the policies regarding exception for rape and incest but we support him. romney has endorsed him and campaigned alongside him back in august and indiana. >> putting women's rights in the forefront in this election. a lot of talks about abortion, contraception and health care funding. join us to discuss the impact of women voters susan, the president of the dc chapter of now. the national organization of women. and kristen hawkins. i want to give...
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romney, to five. and this razor thin race got even closer. every night we'll bring you a brand-new abc news/"washington post" poll and tonight the candidates are separated. look at this. just 0.07%. that's about 91,000 people out of an estimated 140 voters in this country. 14 days to go. it's "your voice, your vote" and abc's david muir is in the middle of the action in the swing state of colorado. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening from the rockies. i got to tell you it did not take long for both candidates to race out off that 2350i7b8 debate last night. in fact, on the tarmac in florida this morning, i was on a plane, passengers looking out the window seeing air force one waiting for the president. then the romney plane taxiing off. a real urgency with two weeks left and this race high. u.s. the mad dash to the finish line, the president and mitt romney with their final arguments. >> i am fired up right now. >> we want you to start voting right now. >> reporter: both candidates crisscrossing the country. the president a rally in flori
romney, to five. and this razor thin race got even closer. every night we'll bring you a brand-new abc news/"washington post" poll and tonight the candidates are separated. look at this. just 0.07%. that's about 91,000 people out of an estimated 140 voters in this country. 14 days to go. it's "your voice, your vote" and abc's david muir is in the middle of the action in the swing state of colorado. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening from the rockies. i got to tell...
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governor romney give a speech in ames, iowa. it is the number of references in romney's i was beach. he talked about really, ice. about the economy in the future of the country. and in a complete reversal of what i call the obama ratio, it is a complete reversal. this 12 represents the number of times that governor romney used fit-person references. wow. hurricane sandy roaring of te eastern seaboard. more than 60 million people in the path of the powerful storm. forecasters fearing damage on an epic scale. is the east coast prepared? president obama once your first time. >> your first time should not be with just anybody. you want to do it with a great guy. lou: the classless, tasteless, knew about my campaign abbottabad that creates voting -- equates money with losing virginity. we have the at and reaction from the "a-team." the president keeps talking about a fair share. governor romney wants to cut taxes across the board for everyone. the author of who is the fairest of them all, steven more common joins me to talk about joi
governor romney give a speech in ames, iowa. it is the number of references in romney's i was beach. he talked about really, ice. about the economy in the future of the country. and in a complete reversal of what i call the obama ratio, it is a complete reversal. this 12 represents the number of times that governor romney used fit-person references. wow. hurricane sandy roaring of te eastern seaboard. more than 60 million people in the path of the powerful storm. forecasters fearing damage on...
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florida, 46 for obama, 48 romney. virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race you're following right now? >> i don't obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that when you climb to 270 electoral votes and discussed it with the previous guest obama has many more past that than romney does still right now. >> michael, thank you very much. we showed before you came on the latest nate silver average of numbers and he does have obama up right now. thank you so much. i greatly appreciate it. always a pleasure. >>> developing now, governor romney campaigning in nevada, day two of the governor on the ground in that state. we'll be right back. estor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but
florida, 46 for obama, 48 romney. virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race you're following right now? >> i don't obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that...
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>> if romney moves. it could happen. it would only happen in the romney direction. >> if he has a strong movement the next two weeks as he had two weeks ago -- >> correct. >> -- is he a winner? >> it's hard to imagine -- absolutely, yes. >> let's look at the president today. let's look at "the daily show." let's look at that. it wasn't the ""the daily show". the president tried to sell -- good job. i'm not sure he's done yet. let's watch. >> four years ago i said i'd end the war in iraq. we did. said i would pass health care reforms, make sure people don't go bankrupt when they get sick. we have. said we had to refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story to tell whether it's on social issues like don't ask, don't tell or economic issues that matter for middle class families. >> does that lean forward enough or is that just the past? >> it feels like the past, but one of the odder things we're seeing in the poll
>> if romney moves. it could happen. it would only happen in the romney direction. >> if he has a strong movement the next two weeks as he had two weeks ago -- >> correct. >> -- is he a winner? >> it's hard to imagine -- absolutely, yes. >> let's look at the president today. let's look at "the daily show." let's look at that. it wasn't the ""the daily show". the president tried to sell -- good job. i'm not sure he's done yet. let's...
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but, romney would continue to support him. for mitt romney, it complicates his final push to appeal to more women voters. president obama leads among women. but among white, married middle-class women, romney is ahead by more than 20 points in our newest poll tonight. increasing that number could key the victory. romney speaking of women on the trail today in nevada -- >> i think of the single women right now raising a child or two or three, so that she could put a good meal on the table. >> reporter: and in the debate, a more moderate view -- world view -- >> we want a peaceful planet. >> reporter: a tone that might but, on the delicate issue of abortion, shifting tone, more challenging -- romney during the primaries -- >> do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes i do. >> reporter: then, just this month, he told the "des moines register" -- >> there's no legislation with regards to abortion that i'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda. >> reporter: the president calling that shifting tone
but, romney would continue to support him. for mitt romney, it complicates his final push to appeal to more women voters. president obama leads among women. but among white, married middle-class women, romney is ahead by more than 20 points in our newest poll tonight. increasing that number could key the victory. romney speaking of women on the trail today in nevada -- >> i think of the single women right now raising a child or two or three, so that she could put a good meal on the table....
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. >> which romney are you going to gets? how conservatives going to be assured this was so hawkish up two weeks before the debate and all of a sudden he is green with almost everything i think. >> he is trying to lead like bill clinton. >> alan cares about us conservatives. [ laughter ] >> a fascinating sub text to this debate is matt fine an important reporter for "new york times," how bill clinton may have hurt the campaign. and clearly obama forces going to the "new york times" saying, look we followed clinton's advice saying romney was right winger and he turned out to be moderate. somebody told him to put it in. clearly it's a obama forces. interesting thing on the democratic side. >> jon: one noted the left was confident that romney would scare the hell out of voters by coming across as, in the words of "new york times" editorialist a strutting warmonger. they started mocking him as peace nik mitt. >> there is definitely indications she shifted positions. alan is right. there were several conflicts that he has taken. i
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romney -- mitt romney-tim kaine voters. virginia is so key. >> cameron and mark, thank you both. >>> we'll be back with another update on hurricane sandy after this. anncr: it's said that character is what we do... when we think no one is looking. mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours. he'll voucherize medicare... and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. athat's what the plan georgeand allen supports... would cost our economy. newspapers called it "economically destructive." like allen's votes to give tax breaks to companies... that ship jobs overseas, his economic plan would... help big corporations, devastating the middle class. allen even voted against tax breaks for small businesses. virginia can't afford
romney -- mitt romney-tim kaine voters. virginia is so key. >> cameron and mark, thank you both. >>> we'll be back with another update on hurricane sandy after this. anncr: it's said that character is what we do... when we think no one is looking. mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours....
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governor romney you keep on trying to, you know, airbrush history here. >> jonathan, is governor romney trying to airbush history as it relates to the auto bailout? >> i went back and read the op-ed last night. i got on my phone and looked into it. he says that the auto industry, the companies could ask the government for help. i don't know that he was necessarily totally off-base on it. everybody should read that "new york times" piece. it's also critical to get out of the bubble here. we're talking about the foreign policy bit of this. this is all very eerily reminiscent in 1992 when george h.w. bush wanted to talk policy while bill clinton ate his lunch on it. >> so you believe in the auto bailout moment there last night that governor romney ate president obama's lunch on the auto bailout? >> in the first presidential debate, absolutely. it was all about the economy. >> we're talking about last night. you told me that foreign policy, while important, your guy's "a" game is the economy and at every opportunity, both tried to figure out a way to pre bring in the economy. the big point
governor romney you keep on trying to, you know, airbrush history here. >> jonathan, is governor romney trying to airbush history as it relates to the auto bailout? >> i went back and read the op-ed last night. i got on my phone and looked into it. he says that the auto industry, the companies could ask the government for help. i don't know that he was necessarily totally off-base on it. everybody should read that "new york times" piece. it's also critical to get out of...